Rossmoor resident Patricia Donahue said she suffered 15 puncture wounds to her arm and leg during a rare attack by a racoon while on an early morning walk Aug. 18. Donahue had just left her home on the 2200 block of Pine Knoll Drive around 5:45 a.m. when her dog, a Tibetan terrier, peered into a sewer drain. After pulling the dog away, she said, a ...

2020 Election If you’re one of the 160,000 registered voters in Contra Costa County who doesn’t vote by mail, don’t be surprised when an official mail-in-ballot for the Nov. 3 election arrives in your mailbox. D ue to health concerns about COVID-19, every registered voter in the state will get a postage-paid mail-in ballot for the November election...

Aweek of scorching temperatures and lightning strikes brought excessive heat warnings, rotating blackouts, wildfires and smoke into the Bay Area, creating even more anxiety in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Triple-digit temperatures prompted PG& E to announce the possibility of rotating power outages from 3 to 10 p.m. in Contra Costa C...

The News will have early deadlines for the Sept. 9 issue because of the Labor Day holiday. All articles for that issue are due no later than Wednesday, Sept. 2, at noon. All ads, obits and letters to the editor are due no later than Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 3 p.m. No extended deadlines can be granted. The News and most other Golden Rain Foundation em...

Giant oak tree considered a danger after limb snapped off Acrane collapsed and punctured a hole in the roof of the News/Channel 28 office last Wednesday afternoon while a tree crew removed a 100-foot decaying oak tree outside the office. No one was injured, but the News and Channel 28 staff were evacuated and temporarily displaced while the damage ...

Churches are adapting to pandemic Before the coronavirus pandemic, most Rossmoor residents of a religious persuasion would travel at most a few miles to attend worship services. Eileen Hultin’s faith journey covered 28 miles each way, taking her across the Bay Bridge to St. Thomas Anglican Church in San Francisco. Since moving from San Francisco to...

The sun was out, the temperature at Gateway was just right – not too hot and not too cold – and there was the delicious smell of cheeseburgers cooking on the barbecue. All was right with the world, at least during lunchtime on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The barbecue lunches are offered the second Tuesday of the month, July through October, from 11 a.m. to 1...

The GRF Planning Committee decided it might have put the cart before the horse when it looked at developing walking trails and three new parks along Rossmoor Parkway. The committee of four GRF Board members decided at Thursday’s meeting to get some ballpark estimates of what those plans could cost. It also appointed a subcommittee to look into ways...

Ralf Parton, who over nearly three decades in Rossmoor led hundreds of Rossmoorians on European art and African wildlife tours, died July 2 after a battle with cancer. He was 88. Parton, a retired art professor, was known around Rossmoor for his buoyant personality and many passions, including trains, sculpting, tennis and politics. “Ralf knew ever...

Ralf Parton, who over nearly three decades in Rossmoor led hundreds of Rossmoorians on European art and African wildlife tours, died July 30 after a battle with cancer. He was 88. Parton, a retired art professor, was known around Rossmoor for his buoyant personality and many passions, including trains, sculpting, tennis and politics. “Ralf knew eve...